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Message: <blockquote data-quote="danielson631" data-source="post: 1187392" data-attributes="member: 11543">i needed a new steering wheel because there was no leather left on the top of the wheel. when i would accidentally touch it, my hand would be covered in sticky black stuff.so i decided to buy a new steering wheel ( for a sweet deal, thanks to 330cubegt) and it was dark charcoal. i had black/ saddle interior. so i just wanted to start out painting the airbag cover. i bought the vinyl prep and 99-01 dark charcoal vinyl paint from latemodelrestoration. it came out great, and i was very pleased with my new wheel. ive always wanted all black interior, so i thought it start painting the rest of the interior. i wanted to keep the original black, and paint all the saddle, dark charcoal. (eventually getting new leather seats and a carpet. )i started out cleaning everything with dawn dish soap, and a scotchbrite pad. the vinyl i used the prep/cleaner and the plastics i wiped down with denatured alcohol. these are the results after i painted all the small peices that i was able to remove from the car.<a href="http://s7.photobucket.com/user/lldanielson1ll/media/IMG_1812_zps6888d8f2.jpg.html" target="_blank"><img src="http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y277/lldanielson1ll/IMG_1812_zps6888d8f2.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a><a href="http://s7.photobucket.com/user/lldanielson1ll/media/IMG_1823_zps759a9478.jpg.html" target="_blank"><img src="http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y277/lldanielson1ll/IMG_1823_zps759a9478.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a><a href="http://s7.photobucket.com/user/lldanielson1ll/media/IMG_1825_zps4bffa2bd.jpg.html" target="_blank"><img src="http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y277/lldanielson1ll/IMG_1825_zps4bffa2bd.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a><a href="http://s7.photobucket.com/user/lldanielson1ll/media/IMG_1826_zpsb46154f8.jpg.html" target="_blank"><img src="http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y277/lldanielson1ll/IMG_1826_zpsb46154f8.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a>so next i wanted to paint the vinyl on the dash, while the dash was installed in the car. normally i use a ton of armor all, so i knew i had to clean it very thoroughly. i started with a very strong simple green solution. then i wiped everything down, and scrubbed with the dawn and scotch brite. let it dry, then i sprayed the vinyl prep and wiped that off too. after about ten minutes i go to start painting, and immediately i noticed fish eyes EVERYWHERE. it looked like i didnt even clean it. thinking maybe i didnt do a good enough job prepping, i immediately removed the paint with some paint thinner. then i let it dry, and repeated the cleaning and prepping step, this time also using some steel wool. even trying some very fine sand paper in some spots. try again, and it was a little better, but still a lot of fish eyes.  heres a pic<a href="http://s7.photobucket.com/user/lldanielson1ll/media/IMG_1829_zps0b887cfd.jpg.html" target="_blank"><img src="http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y277/lldanielson1ll/IMG_1829_zps0b887cfd.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a>can anyone tell me why this is happening ? why is it so bad even after i thorougly cleaned and scrubbed it? why did the airbag cover and the center console vinyl come out perfect, but not the dash? its so frustrating.<hr /></blockquote>